3 teens arrested in liquor store brawl

Updated 9:55 pm, Monday, March 10, 2014

STAMFORD -- Two older teens and a juvenile who police say tried to steal liquor from a Waterside package store were arrested after a brawl broke out at the business on Saturday evening.

Police were called to the Harbor Point Package Store on Greenwich Avenue at 8:30 p.m., after three people trying to steal liquor got into a fight with the store owner's wife and daughter, Stamford Police Lt. Deidrich Hohn said.

The store owner said the three came into the store and began moving several bottles of liquor to a shelf near the entrance, while a 15-year-old girl slipped a bottle into her purse.

Police said when the owner's wife tried to stop Shenaya Schvlterbrandt, 18, of Prospect Street, Stamford, from leaving, the two began to struggle. At one point, Hohn said, Schvlterbrandt punched the owner's wife before grabbing a bottle of liquor and hitting the woman in the head.

The owner's daughter then tried to stop the female juvenile who had the bottle in her purse and was punched in the face, Hohn said.

Tshitenge Loukaka, 19, of North Street, Stamford, was also involved in the fight, which left broken bottles of liquor scattered on the floor of the store, Hohn said.

The three were each charged with second-degree robbery, assault, breach of peace, larceny, criminal mischief and conspiracy.

Loukaka was released after posting $2,500 bond. Schvlterbrandt was arraigned before Judge Gary White on Monday, who set her bond at $10,000 and scheduled her to return to court March 24. The 15-year-old's name was not released because of her age.